Collar-support.



L. PENNY. COLLAR QUPPORT. APPLIOATION rum) NOV. 7, 1911.

Patented July 7,1914.

Attorneys UNITED STATES LUDELLA PENNY, or wILsoiv, NoarH CAROL-INA;

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

Application filed. November 7, 1911. Seria1No. 659,068.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July '7, 1914.

Toall whom it may concern Be it known that I, LUDELLA PENNY, a citizenof the United States, residing at lVilson, in the county of Wilson andState of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Collar-Support,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar supporters, its principal object beingto provide an inexpensive device of this character which can be readilyattached to a collar without showing and which will yield under downwardpressure so as to produce no discomfort to the wearer.

A further object is to provide a supporter which can be easily adjustedto fit collars of different heights.

A further object is to provide a supporter the end portions of which areextended in the direction of the length of the upper and lower edges ofthe collar, thus directly supporting an extensive area of the collarand. at the same time, preventing injury to the wearer or to the collarby the ends of the supporter.

A still further object is to provide a supporter which does not detractfrom the appearance of the collar and which, by being properly covered,can be used with an ordinary lace collar.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the supporter, aportion of a collar being shown in engagement therewith. Fig. 2 is anenlarged detail view of the supporter. Fig. 3 is a view of the supportconnected to a portion of a lace collar having a design correspondingwith that of the support. Fig. 4 is an enlarged elevation of a ort-ionof the support and showing how the same may be wrapped with thread. Fig.5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 and show- "ing a portion of the supportwith an enamel covering thereon, a portion of this covering being brokenaway.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates acoiled loop of spring wire having oppositely extending yielding arms 2defining ogee curves, the outer end of each arm merging into an eye 3from which extends a finger 4. The fingers at the two ends of thesupport, are preferably normally parallel and the free end of eachfinger is bent back, as at 5, so as to present a blunt end which willnot puncture a fabric or injure the user of the supporter. Furthermorethese blunt ends form enlargements or loops which tend to retard thewithdrawal of the fingers from the hems in which they are seated.

In the drawings a portion of a collar has been indicated at A and thiscollar is provided with the usual hems a along the upper and lowersedges thereof. The upper hem is adapted to receive *the upper finger 4of the supporter, while the lower end is adapted to receive the otherfinger 4. When the supporter is in position it contacts with the innersurface of the collar and, in view of the fact that the supporter isformed of spring wire, it will be apparent that the fingers 4 and thecoiled portion 1 of the supporter will operate to hold the collar taut.By bending the coil 1, the supporter can be shortened or lengthened tofit collars of different widths. It will be seen that it is unnecessaryto sew the supporter to a collar and it will furthermore be apparentthat, as the fingers 4 extend along lines substantially parallel withthe upper and lower edges of the collar, they will support extensiveareas of the collar and will not stick through the collar or in thewearer.

As shown in Figs. 8 and 4 the support can be wrapped with silk or anysuitable thread, such as shown at 6 and which is of the same color asthe collar 7 to which the support is attached. Furthermore as shown inFig. 3 the support can be so shaped as to appear as a design in thelace. Instead of covering the support with thread, the same can beprovided with an enamel covering 8 of any desired color, as shown inFig. 5.

What is claimed is A supporter for lace collars and the like, formed ina single length of spring wire said arms being similar and oppositelydissaid fingers being extended in. opposite di- 10 rections from theirrespective coils. In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing as my own, Ihave hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LULA PENN Y.

and comprising upper and lower fingers substantially parallel, a coil atone end of each finger, a loop at the other end of each finger, an armextending from each coil,

posed and each forming a compound curve, the said arms merging in acoiled loop equidistant from the fingers and disposed in the same planeWith the arms and. fingers, the

Witnesses: 7

Mrs. R'H. JENNINGS, Mrs. R. TLYWHJSON.

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